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The facial graphics of female characters like Tifa, Aerith, and Yuffie in FF7’s new title became a hot topic on a 5ch live-commentary thread. Users posted image after image comparing them to past remake versions, with comments likening them to voice actors and celebrities, such as “the recent one looks like Emitsun (voice actress Ami Koshimizu)” and “she looks Caucasian but there’s a hint of Akiko Hinagata.” Meanwhile, harsh assessments calling the new face graphics a “mass-produced plastic-surgery look” also emerged, splitting opinion against those favoring the Remake’s Aerith.
What people said
Even if it's PC-only, at least make it richer.
Any other contenders?
It was the big three: Tifa, Rei Ayanami, and Asuka.
Not sure if it's that she talks more in the story now so her annoying side stands out, or if I just don't like the face.
The recent one kind of looks like Emitsun (voice actress Ami Koshimizu).
In the Remake, Aerith actually got cuter.
Looks Caucasian but there's this weird hint of Akiko Hinagata to her.
Couldn't they have gone with this vibe?
Honestly thought Irina was a guy until I played the Remake.
This girl?
Hey, that's way fewer reference pics than everyone else got — put in some real effort.
Wait, this is totally fine — let's recruit her, wasn't she the one who let you summon Bahamut?
Reference for what, exactly?
Speaking of cosplay, this is what comes to mind.
Name me an RPG that's the opposite, if you'd be so kind.
Feel completely scammed.
Not buying this.
That's basically Akiko Hinagata.
Background and Key Points
Ever since the original 1997 release, FF7’s character designs have been updated with every remake or port, and the more photorealistic 3D models of recent years tend to spark debate due to the gap with the old sprite- and polygon-era look. In this thread too, posts comparing images of lead heroines Tifa, Aerith, and Yuffie across the series’ history piled up one after another, with opinions split between “Aerith looks cuter in the Remake” and criticism calling the new faces a “mass-produced plastic-surgery look.” Note that whether “Revelation,” as it appears in the thread title, is actually the series’ official subtitle cannot be confirmed from the thread content alone, and this article does not assert it as fact. The discussion centers strictly on evaluating the characters’ facial graphic design, with no details given about release timing or development status.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “FF7 Revelation’s Tifa wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”
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